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It is a bar that seems to have it all — stunning views across the capital and the glamorous backing of celebrities such as Stephen Fry and Graham Norton — but from its perch at the top of Centre Point, the Paramount is involved in an ugly battle to secure its future.

The owner of the bar and restaurant has begun legal proceedings against its landlord, which wants to convert the skyscraper into flats, claiming that conditions are being made intolerable.

Pierre Condou alleges that Almacantar is restricting adequate access to facilities, such as the lifts, in what is understood to be